Tao of Charlie Munger

Words of wisdom by Warren Buffett's longtime business partner and the visionary Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway shares insight into his childhood, education and achievements while featuring interpretations by the co-author of the best-selling Buffettology series.
Words and wisdom from Charlie Munger—Warren Buffett’s longtime business partner and the visionary Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway—collected and interpreted with an eye towards investing by Berkshire insider David Clark, author of the bestselling Buffettology series.Charlie Munger was born in Omaha, Nebraska in 1924. He left Omaha to study mathematics at the University of Michigan and never lived there again. He trained as a meteorologist at Cal Tech Pasadena while in the Army, entered Harvard Law School without an undergraduate degree and graduated magna cum laude. Today, Munger is one of America’s most successful investors, the Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, and Warren Buffett’s business partner for almost forty years. Buffett says “Berkshire has been built to Charlie’s blueprint. My role has been that of general contractor.” Like Buffett, Munger is an intelligent, opinionated business man whose experiences are distilled here to teach professional and amateur investors how to be successful in finance and life. Like The Tao of Warren Buffett and The Tao of Te Ching, The Tao of Charlie Munger is a compendium of 100 pithy quotes from, “knowing what you don’t know is more useful than being brilliant” to, “In my whole life, I have known no wise people who didn’t read all the time—none, zero.” This collection, culled from interviews, speeches, and questions and answers at the Berkshire Hathaway and Wesco annual meetings, offers insights into Munger’s amazing financial success and life philosophies. Described by Business Insider as “sharp in his wit and investing wisdom,” Charlie Munger’s investment tips, business philosophy, and rules for living are as unique as his life story; intelligent as he clearly is; and as successful as he has been.